Nobody likes a shakedown. Especially not Denis Carroll, proprietor of The Brass Lantern, a dive bar in a bleak southern Illinois town. Five years ago Denis gunned down a dirtbag who was attempting to hold up his bar. At least that's what the cops think.After the shooting, Denis' hotheaded younger brother, Vince, insisted on taking the rap. No big deal. He'd plead self-defense. Case closed. What the Carrolls didn't count on was the cops discove...
Déjà vu All Over Again is a romantic comedy about Nate Evans, an aging, burned-out Hollywood screenwriter tired of being bitch-slapped by life, he writes a script for himself about the life he should have, and uses it to start his life over with hilarious consequences as he plots to steal the heart of the girl he let get away in high school.
Having been born and raised during the Civil Rights era, in the very first all black public housing project in America, I was labeled ineducable by the District of Columbia's public school system. I find a bit of ironic audacity in the fact that I rebuked their prophecy and lived long enough to write this brief testimony in verse. The nation's politicians certainly had other plans.Televised Devolution is a short poetic series of observations f...
It is 1969 and the Vietnam War has been raging for over five years. The North Vietnamese Army has increased their cross-border attacks on American troops from their hidden jungle sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia. Operating deep inside Laos and Cambodia, elite Green Beret Studies and Observation, or SOG, reconnaissance teams routinely infiltrate enemy strongholds to gather valuable intelligence on the NVA troop and equipment build-up.Longshadow...
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010A gripping story of a lone Jewish woman battling land sharks to keep her community aliveRachel lives alone by the sea. Her children have long migrated to Israel as have her Bene Israel Jew neighbours. Taking care of the local synagogue and preparing exquisite traditional Jewish dishes sustains Rachel's hope of seeing the community come together again at a future time. When developers make moves to acquir...
Scott not only solves the problem of catharsis in the definition of tragedy but demonstrates that Aristotle considers tragedy to be a species of dramatic musical theater rather than of literature.
This book is filled with all the things little brown boys love. Featured in Netflix Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices. This book fits under the "identity' category from the social justice framework used for the show Bookmarks.
This book is filled with all the things little brown boys love. Featured in Netflix Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices. The books featured in the series were chosen using a social justice education framework that focused on concepts of Identity, Respect, Justice, and Action.
Athlete Wealth Management provides amateur baseball players the roadmap necessary to successfully navigate the MLB Draft and becoming a professional athlete. AWM answers the most pressing questions:1.) How To Determine Your Signability 2.) How Your Signing Bonus Will Be Taxed3.) Establishing Residency In A State With No Income Tax4.) Who To Trust With Your Money5.) The MLB College Scholarship PlanAnd many more questions...The authors combined ...
Martin Knudsen is nearing the end of his life and makes the fateful decision to trade his company's classified research in exchange for medical treatment to extend his life so that he can spend more time with his daughter. He transferred decades of research in secret to the Kalisun Initiative, a conglomerate of rich billionaires with deep ties to the military attempting to colonize the moon.No sooner has the treatment begun when an unexpected ...
I wrote this book with you in mind to share my best practices in building productive and successful leaders based on my over 20 years in leadership positions at top global companies. If you are interested in making a change or caring for others, then this formula is for you and it will put you on the fast track to becoming a caring leader and changing your and others' lives. The business caring Formula spotlights businesses because they make u...
In 1958 an aspiring conservatory trained musician ended his quest for a job in a major orchestra. Through a New York Times ad he found a position at a music licensing company, BMI, as a card-file clerk. Within 15 years he was CEO of one of most prestigious music publishing companies in the world containing substantially all of the music of The Beatles. In following years Sam Trust would make his own share of music business history.Here you wil...
